Cannabis Regulations in Bay County, FL (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Bay County, Florida.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Bay County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Home Cultivation

Florida law makes home cultivation of medical marijuana a crime everywhere in Bay County, including the unincorporated county, Panama City and Panama City Beach. Fla. Stat. § 381.986(12)(d) treats a qualified patient or caregiver who grows marijuana, or who buys it from anyone but a licensed medical marijuana treatment center, as violating the state's general cultivation and trafficking statute, § 893.13, with no local home-grow carve-out anywhere in the state.

Bay County Medical Marijuana Home Grow Ban

Heavy Restrictions

Fla. Stat. § 381.986(12)(d)

A qualified patient or caregiver who cultivates marijuana or who purchases or acquires marijuana from any person or entity other than a medical marijuana treatment center violates s. 893.13 and is subject to the penalties provided therein.

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Dispensary Zoning

Only medical marijuana dispensaries are allowed. Under Fla. Stat. §381.986(11), Bay County and its cities may ban dispensaries or apply pharmacy-equivalent location rules, but may not cap their number if allowed. No recreational sales exist.

Bay County Cannabis Dispensary Zoning

Some Restrictions

Fla. Stat. §381.986(11)

A county or municipality may, by ordinance, ban medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facilities from being located within the boundaries of that county or municipality.

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